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<h4 class="subsection">10.3.3 Comparing potentially-unordered <code>poly_int</code>s</h4>

<p>In cases where there is no definite link between two <code>poly_int</code>s,
we can usually make a conservatively-correct assumption.  For example,
the conservative assumption for alias analysis is that two references
<em>might</em> alias.
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<p>One way of checking whether [<var>begin1</var>, <var>end1</var>) might overlap
[<var>begin2</var>, <var>end2</var>) using the <code>poly_int</code> comparisons is:
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<pre class="smallexample">maybe_gt (<var>end1</var>, <var>begin2</var>) &amp;&amp; maybe_gt (<var>end2</var>, <var>begin1</var>)
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<p>and another (equivalent) way is:
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<pre class="smallexample">!(known_le (<var>end1</var>, <var>begin2</var>) || known_le (<var>end2</var>, <var>begin1</var>))
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<p>However, in this particular example, it is better to use the range helper
functions instead.  See <a href="Range-checks-on-poly_005fints.html#Range-checks-on-poly_005fints">Range checks on <code>poly_int</code>s</a>.
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